On Wednesday we decided we're now giving up on the Swiss permit. We had all the documents ready to apply for the EEA Family permit to go to the UK. I even had an hour long telephone interview with a teaching agency to be able to teach there. We had all our supporting letters etc. and was just about to pay the deposit when we got an email from Switzerland!
They said that the AWA and BFM (?) approved Andre's permit and that we now only have to wait for the final OK from the Migration office. Not sure exactly what these abbreviations are for... I found American Watchmakers Association for AWA, maybe cos Andre likes the watches over there! No, it must have something to do with immigration and work permits. So still we didn't get excited because we have now learnt not to get excited in advance about anything to do with the Swiss work permit!
This morning we received an email to say we have to go to the Swiss embassy in Cape Town to fill in some Entry Form. We got there just in time this morning and luckily the same friendly lady we had last time helped us again! Filled out the form, Andre went to get ID photos taken and then when she checked on her PC she said that Andre already has the permit! According to the system he has been approved and only needs to bring his passport 24 hours before we want to leave.
YippeeYipeeYipee!! Still feels a bit unreal. Shame and Andre had his wisdom teeth removed yesterday so he wasn't feeling to great. Maybe I can give him some champagne through a straw later to celebrate...
Next week I'll start finalizing the shipping. We're thinking of leaving here middle next month.
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